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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
1
Washington now leads world in news dissemination. Daily output exceeds 500000 words via wire radio and mail from capital offices. Rough split shows Washington correspondents 50000 words by wire and press associations 50000. Wire services over 100000 words. Mail and periodicals contribute about 100000 words.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover could lead an international body to disarm China amid the rise of powerful provincial warlords. Estimates place China’s armed forces between 1.5 and 2 million, controlled by tuchuns who govern locally and resist Beijing. A $50 million demobilization fund is proposed to pay troops back pay and bonuses, with demobilized soldiers redirected to public works projects.
Representative Ansorge introduces a bill to bar blocs in Congress based on pursuits or geography with a $5000 fine for members found in a bloc. The measure mirrors the Sherman act and aims to curb legislation capture by group interests while allowing regular caucuses. Senator Capper emphasizes farmers as a vital economic base and a counterpoint to bloc fears.
The narrative details April 1801 calls for volunteers under Lincoln. It follows Francis Barlow and James A. Scrymier in the Twelfth New York engineer corps, Barlow’s wounds at Antietam Gettysburg and a Washington hospital, and nurse wife Mrs. Barlow’s repeated front-line care. Her typhus death in 1864 honors women’s wartime service, with later praise by Major General Barlow.
National League official pitching records name Doak of the St. Louis Cardinals as the best hatter in the league with an ERA of .58 per game. He also posts fifteen victories and six losses this season.
The article recounts Judge Landis asked if he would advise a college player to turn pro in baseball. He refused, saying he will not tell any young man what to do about his profession. He notes players have written for his opinion but he remains noncommittal.
The excerpt lists Rommel as good, Harris and Moore with top left handed stuff, Keefe also strong, plus Perry and Naylor as part of the battery coaching roster. The passage reflects evaluative notes on pitching and catching staff.
White Rogers Hornsby manages the Los Angeles Winter League club and backs Vic Aldridge for a Cardinals berth. George Sisler of Vernon praises Clif Best, the Pittsfield southpaw who aided the Eastern league pennant winner, but Best’s rights are claimed by the Boston Red Sox.
Bobby Roth laments Rommel of the Athletics makes the Yankees and Indians look weak in a recent game. He notes Errickson shines for the Athletics but Cleveland keeps him in the league. Frank Roth backs Canule Mack as top pitching stat in the league.
Princeton football players Garity and Gilroy excel in hockey while Stimson captains the schmming team. Wittmer, a top East center, stars in basketball, and Don Towrie, quarterback, is a leading track star in the East.
Pennsylvania football pauses until spring while Colgate awards nine letters to football men. Navy and Army hoops clash February 25 as Yale, Dartmouth and others prep. Coaching moves include Burkett denying Giants role and Knabe signing with Kansas City Blues. Park news, track and boxing updates, cross country, and gymnasium hires complete a broad sports snapshot.
The German government will construct an L-70 type airship at no cost for exclusive use by the U S Navy for experiments in commercial aviation. The vessel, about 600 feet long with a 70 000 cubic meter capacity, will be based at Lakehurst naval station and will not be military or naval use.
Bob Gardner linked pole vaulting and golf by proving two sports fit together. As a Yale student he set a world vault record and soon after won the national amateur golf championship at Chicago Golf Club, beating Chandler in the final. Gardner's powerful wrists and nerve underpin both games.
There are differing opinions on Mike Gonzales abilities as a catcher. One National League critic suggests Cincinnati will place him on waivers and send him to Toledo, while another argues he cannot be waived out of the league. He also contends that if the Cardinals had the Cuban backstop in 1921 the Cards would have won the National flag.
Syracuse University plans eleven tennis matches next spring with foes including Cornell Colgate Pennsylvania Columbia Michigan Hamilton Pittsburgh the United States Military Academy and California.
Yearling McGee colt bought at Saratoga by Carl Weidemann for 8204 dollars is now in training at Carl Milans Lexington Kentucky stable.
The Metro New York Golf Association announces 106 members on its roster after the Can Fill Golf Club joins the association. Members include local clubs and individual players building regional competition and collaboration across New York City area courses.
Angels outfielder Arnold Statz has been turned over to the Chicago Cubs. He earned his big league break by demanding an exhibition salary from the coast club, prompting the shift to the Cubs.
The Philadelphia Nationals signed left handed pitcher Lerton Pinto of London Ontario and the Michigan Ontario Baseball league. Pinto joins the Nationals as a new pitching asset through the club’s recruitment drive.
Nick Altrock and Al Schaacht reportedly earned $1000 apiece for entertaining fans during the recent Polo Grounds World Series games.
La Savate star Criqui plans a voyage to the United States to obtain a boxing match with Johnny Kilbane, aiming to secure a title bout or a significant showdown.
Tsinglass and Donovan, English thoroughbreds, head the racing stake winners in England with totals of 251,275 and 277,215 dollars, highlighting a strong season for European racing.
A campaign named Rule to Be Abolished pushes to remove the win race rule in harness racing. The group argues heat winners should not receive automatic eligibility advantages, seeking a fairer system for all competitors.
West Point and Notre Dame have met eight times since 1913, with Notre Dame winning six of the clashes.
Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto plans to relocate to its new clubhouse by May 1. The move marks a fresh start for the club as it transitions from its current site to the expanded complex.
Over a thousand scouts from Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita and Independence Missouri served as police aids ushers and traffic staff for the Legion convention parade drawing wide praise. Eagle Scout James N Pickering drew city maps for visitors as 100000 maps were distributed. The service was hailed as great by Scout Executive Wright and others.
Stew Judkins a Topeka first class scout defends scouting in a local paper message. He says he is a boy scout because he likes it and learns while having fun with hikes swims woods games and camp life. He praises rules and camaraderie and says many Topeka youths share the view.
The Albany council notes public health and firemanship merit badges are popular among scouts. About fifty boys earned public health and forty earned firemanship since October 1 1920. The program prompted cleaner homes, neighborhoods, and heightened sanitation awareness. Scouts inspected sewage disposal and filtration plants and visited the state laboratory to study water testing methods.
In Paterson New Jersey scouts compete in knot tying with Sam Feldman of Troop 14 latest to excel. Feldman starts with nine ropes and ties nine knots for tenderfoot rank in 19 seconds. IXnot racing grows popular as many youths tie nine knots within 30 seconds to a minute. Troop 4 leads in overall knotting skill.
Butte Montana runs a two leader training course as scout executive Benjamin Owen warns that without capable leadership there can be no future expansion. He says there is no boy problem among scouts, only a leadership problem, and with trained leaders many troops could be organized in Butte to safeguard boys’ welfare.
The American Legion at Kansas City approved a resolution urging post commanders to cooperate with the Boy Scout movement and to have Legion members serve as organizers and scoutmasters. The convention also adopted a resolution of appreciation for local Boy Scouts for their service during the meeting.
In Mobile Alabama an eight year old boy leaning to watch children outside fell and severely cut his left arm severing an artery. His brother Julian a tenderfoot rushed to help using a cloth as a tourniquet and a broom handle as a windlass to stop the bleeding.
In a fragment from Sublime and Beautiful a professor claims Zulu women surpass local women in beauty but the remark stirs no consensus. The discussion notes beauty as a personal opinion and compares Airedale dogs as pretty while recalling a line about mistakes and foxtiness.
The ad urges women to consider kidney and bladder issues as possible kidney disease and promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy. It notes back pain, headaches, nervousness, and despondency tied to kidney health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents plus availability of larger sizes at drug stores.
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger note shared by Arthur MacLaughlin Detroit a man mesmerized by The Tale of Two Cities dies after a light church pew tap from his wife. The account, relayed as a cautionary tale, ends with the guillotine vision proving fatal.
The article notes U S cotton culture began with a 1621 Virginia seed planting and marks 300 years of cultivation. It also mentions that prehistoric Egyptians farmed ostriches, presenting parallel notes on historical animal farming practices.
Mothers urged to use California Fig Syrup to ease constipation in children with a trusted dose. The ad promises gentle cleansing of bowels and notes that asking for genuine California Fig Syrup ensures correct directions for babies and children.
A motorist before Squire Witherbee praises the city and officials in a humorous exchange about an 80 mile per hour speeding fine. The squire, noting the lunch hour, says the fine will be applied and adjourns court.
Pierre De Loaux in the North American Review describes Jugo-Slavia as a peasant nation with many small estates, Serbia rich in smallholdings, about 42 percent of land cultivated, forests covering about 30 percent, Bosnia having 60 percent forest land, and mineral wealth noted as promising more than current output.
A terse exchange about financial strain and the idea of a debt holiday. The dialogue hints at collective weariness and the prospect of taking a break from debt obligations someday.
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